Girls soccer | Pepsi Showdown final: Loyola beats Lyons 1-0

Gardner scores deciding goal

Laura Gardner and Carrie Schoeneberger knew the script, and the Loyola teammates acted it out perfectly again.

Two years ago, they paired up on Loyola's first goal in the Pepsi Shootout title match, and they did it again Sunday at Toyota Park, leading the Ramblers to a 1-0 victory over Lyons.

Gardner's header from the right post off a corner kick from Schoeneberger at the 37-minute-29-second mark turned out to be the winner. The Ramblers (11-0-2) remained unbeaten against teams from Illinois — the two ties came against Wisconsin teams — as they won their second Pepsi Shootout in three years.

Gardner didn't immediately recall her goal from two years ago.

"Coincidence? I don't know," she said. "I didn't remember it until somebody brought it up."